Sao Paulo Planning

Basically, I am trying to figure out if living off of R6,000 a month is worth it.

Thanks again!

Hi René !

Welcome to Expat.com

Armand

Hi Bebes360,

First of all welcome to Expat-blog.

R$6000 per month is ok depending on what the job is and other benefits in the employment contract. Most entry level middle management jobs in the financial sector, banking, IT and other businesses start around R$7000 though.

Please check out my posting "High Cost of Living in SP, how to economize".

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil Animator, Expat-blog

Armand, great meeting you!

William, thank you for the response. I read all your other posts on the blog that were in response to similar questions. My biggest concern is essentially weather I'll be able to save any with the current rate mentioned or if ill be in a situation where I'll be scraping by. I know the major benefits of the opportunity will come with my experience living and working there, so it's more of an investment.

Thanks!

Hi Bebes360,

Even if you are only making R$6000 you should do ok if you follow all of the advice in the "High Cost of Living in SP, how to economize" posting.

If you get used to how the public transit system works and how to work out the short-cuts you can save a bundle by living a bit farther from where you work. For example, when I lived in São Paulo I gave classes all over the city and used public tranport exclusively. I worked out the shortest routes using both Google Maps and SPTrans website (SPTrans doesn't always give the shortest route between two points) and found I could get almost anywhere in the city in anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half, using the Bilhete Único this was one fare. I lived in Pirituba (zona oeste) where rents were quite reasonable. You can do the same too.

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil Animator, Expat-blog